In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Esfand 21,1367 AHS
His Excellency Mr. Yang Shankon, President of the People's Republic of China,
The receipt of Your Excellency's congratulatory message on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory of Islamic Revolution is acknowledged with gratitude. During these ten years, the great and combatant nation of Iran withstood different kinds of plots hatched by the Western and Eastern enemies of the Islamic Republic with the help of God Almighty, always emerging with flying colors. As the enemies of the Revolution were frustrated in eradicating it, they have come to wage war against Islam. By publishing the book, The Satanic Verses, they have risen up to deal a blow to Islam and its Noble Prophet. We are certain that this time they would not succeed and that they would obtain nothing except embarrassment and losses. We are expecting all liberal nations of the world to prevent insult on the sanctities of more than one billion Muslims of the world and condemn this sinister conspiracy.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini